xxii, 245 pages ; 22 cm

"Following the framework of the Orthodox calendar--from Lent to Pascha to Nativity, from Vespers to feasts to fasts--Mathewes-Green chronicles a year in the life of her small Orthodox mission."--Jacket

In the passenger seat: December 21, 1991 -- pt. I. Preparing for Lent. February 11, 1995: How to make a church -- February 17: Beef stew on Friday -- February 18: Vespers before Lent -- February 26: Busy Sunday -- pt. II. Lent. March 5: Forgiveness vespers -- March 12: Icons -- March 17: The Akathist service -- March 19: Rose is pregnant -- March 22: The Baze-man -- March 26: Adoration of the cross -- March 31: Lillian's sister at the Akathist service -- April 5: Wide world of fasting -- April 9: Crones and starlets -- pt. III. Holy Week. April 19 (Wednesday): Anointing for healing -- April 20 (Thursday): The reading of the twelve gospels -- April 21 (Friday): The lamentations -- April 22 (Saturday): The liturgy of St. Basil -- pt. IV. Pascha. April 23: Pascha -- April 26: Peter Aslan is born -- May 11: Sheila's painting -- pt. V. Pentecost. June 11: Angry in church -- June 20: My conversion -- June 29: Inspiration plate -- July 15: Stephen's opinion -- July 29: Green linoleum floor -- August 5: Confession at the monastery -- August 6: Daughters -- August 13: Orthodox in Florida, closed communion -- August 20: Orthodos in Charleston, from western to eastern rite -- August 27: Presbyterian in St. Louis, stuffiness vs. awe -- September 13: Mental darkness -- September 23: The Jesus prayer -- October 2: Another kind of fasting -- October 11: Walking the land -- October 14: Orthodox in Chicago, Eugene and the weeping icon -- October 21: Tricky D's prayer -- November 12: Information night -- November 13: Plans for the land, choir rehearsal -- November 22: Thanksgiving: Litia and Artoklasia services -- November 29: Divine liturgy in Basil's living room -- December 3: Tracey's baptism, Chrismations -- December 10: Litia and Artoklasia at the land -- pt. VI. Nativity & theophany. December 23: Walking around the convent -- December 24: Nativity -- January 6, 1996: Blessing of the water -- January 7: The blizzard of '96 -- January 24: David's icon and Jasper -- January 27: The annual meeting -- February 1: Patron saints and martyrs -- February 2: Megan gets a nose ring -- pt. VII. Preparing for Lent. February 10: Greg's ordination -- Epilogue: June 30: Joining the dance -- The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom: an outline

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